Pipe-support



C. A. LONDELIUS, JR. PVIPE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED IAN-16,1920.

1,334,545, Patented Mar. 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE. 4

CHRISTIAN A. LONDELIUS, JR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 C. A.LONDELIUS 80 I SONS 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

PIPE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN A. LoN- DELIUS, Jr., a citizen .of theUnited States, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Ill nois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Supports, of which.the following is declared to be a full, clear,

and exact description.

Thisinvention relates to pipe supports, and its principal objects are.to provlde a cheap, simple and eflicient support for steam pipes, hotWater pipes and the l1ke. Another object is to provide a support thatmay be struck up from a single piece of sheet metal. Other objects andadvantages will appear in the course of this specification and with saidobjects and advantages in view this invention consists in the severalnovel features hereinafter fully set forth and claimed. i

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing inwhich: 0

Figure 1 is a front elevatlon of a p1 e support embodying a simple formof t e present invention, showing fragments of a number of pipessupported thereby; Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking in the directionof the arrow 2 in Fig. 1 and showing the pipes in cross section, and Fi3 is a plan of the device and a fragment 0 a pipe.

Referring to said drawing, the reference character 5, designates thesupport and 6, designates a number of pipes supported thereby. Thedevice is preferably struck up from a strip of sheet 'metal andcomprlses two spaced base portions or wings 7, from which extend tooblique side portions 8, that converge toward each other and are unitedalong the front edge as at 10. The side portions 8, arenotched out toleave tongues or tangs 12, which preferably incline in an upwarddirection. 'Their upper edges 9, form seats upon which the pipes rest.Holes are punched in the base portions or wings 7 and bolts, screws ornails 11, ma be driven'through-said holes-into the we 1' or other objectupon which the support is to be fastened.

The device may be struck up from long or notched, side portionsextending from short strips of sheet metal, and they are the middlelineof the strip; the strip is then struck up with suitable dies toassume the shape shown in Fig. 3, and the bolt or nail holes formed inthe wings. In the finished product the downwardly sloping holes form thenotches seen in Fig. .2, and the metal between them forms the tongues ortangs.

The support is particularly useful in garages, or other large buildingswhere steam or hot water pipes are used for heating purposes. Thesupports may be fastened to the walls, posts or other suitable membersof the building, and the steam or hot water pipes may be laid on theseats 9. The upward inclination of the tongues 8 insures the retentionof thepipes on the seats, without the aid of additional securing means.

More .or less variation .of the exact details of construction ispossible without departing from the spirit of this invention;

I desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of theconstruction shown and described, but intend, in the following claims,to point out all of the invention disclosed herein.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A pipe support comprising a strip of struck up sheet metal, havingtwo spaced base portions and two notched side portions extendingtherefrom and united along the median line of the strip.

2. A pipe support comprising a strip of struck up sheet metal having twospaced base portions and two united side portions extending therefrom,said side portionsbeing notched to leave tongues therebetween. 3. A pipesupport comprising a strip of struck up sheet metal oonsistlng of twospaced base portions and two convergingd,

sai base portions and united at the front, the

tongues between said notches inclining up-v wardly and forming seats forthe pipes.

' CHRISTIAN A. LO N DELIUS, JR.

